CDN
The National Institutes of Health estimates
that over ¼ of persons 18 years and older in the US suffer from some
type of mental health disorder. The World Health Organization indicates
that this is the highest percentage in the world. Even though the
statistics may be somewhat biased because mental health issues are
likely reported more frequently in the United States than elsewhere, it
is still an alarming number.
The issue becomes even more concerning when you combine the mental
health problem with the wide availability of fire arms. There are
currently about 270 million firearms in the United States, and they are
relatively easy to acquire.
The NRA and the irrational cult of fire arms in our country
has contributed to not allowing background checks to be implemented for
people wanting to purchase fire arms.